Credit: The Associated Press

In this May 20, 2014 file photo, assistant trainer Alan Sherman leads Triple Crown hopeful California Chrome to his stall at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. California Chrome's bid to become racing's first Triple Crown winner in 36 years isn't scaring away the competition. Horses are lining up to challenge the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner in the Belmont Stakes next weekend. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

LOS ANGELES—Eddie Delahoussaye has been there, done that.

He has seen Belmont, both a race course in Elmont, N.Y., and a $1.5-million stakes race that is the Triple Crown’s annual grand finale. He has felt it, smelled it, savored the place and the race.

The now-retired 62-year-old Hall of Fame jockey, winner of 6,384 races — including five Triple Crown races and seven Breeders’ Cup races — has the Belmont in his blood. He rode in it four times and won it twice.

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